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Classes Code:	23T314
Description:	Open Channel Hydraulics (cancelled)
Frequency:	weekly
Tutor:	Peter Doe
Type:	Long Course
Location:	Lecture Room
Start Date:	11/09/2023 Mon
Finish Date:	11/09/2023
Start Time:	11:30
Finish Time:	12:30
Number of weeks:	10
Maximum enrolments:	0
Number Enrolled:	1
Comments:	This course is designed for non-engineers interested in how water behaves in channels, culverts, dams and floods. We will create a Digital Elevation Model of some part of Tasmania and apply the industry standard and freely available HEC-RAS software to simulate a flood given an historic or statistically probable rainfall event. Bring your PC if possible.. Topics covered: Week 1 Introduction to fluid flow. Flow rates and measurement. Week 2 Water runs downhill, doesn’t it? Well, not always. The hydraulic jump. Week 3. Where does all that water come from? Introduction to hydrology. Hydrograph or hyetograph? Week 3. Channels. What have Mr Froude and Mr Manning got to do with it? Week 4. Culverts – and pipes. Mr Darcy and Mr Reynold’s contributions. Week 5. Dams, spillways and backwater. Week 6. Site visit (TBA) Week 7. Mapping the territory. Digital Elevation Models with ELVIS. Week 8. HEC-RAS. Week 9. HEC-RES with culvert Week 10. Model your own flood!
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